City's Immigration Laws Blocked Again

Pennsylvania Case Had Gone to the Supreme Court

A Pennsylvania city that inspired dozens of other localities to draft laws cracking down on illegal immigrants has been barred from enforcing its own ordinances by a federal appeals court, the third such decision in a week.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled Friday that Hazleton, Pa., ordinances passed in 2006 usurped the federal government's authority over immigration enforcement. Earlier in the week, the Fifth...